Sunday Reflection

Taken, Blessed, Broken and Given

Jun 23, 2019

Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of the Lord. In today’s Gospel, we come upon one of the many accounts of Jesus multiplying food for the people.
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity: Loved, forgiven and empowered, the actions of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit

Jun 16, 2019

The three meditations are really Trinitarian: they each express the action of one of the persons of the Blessed Trinity. We are loved. We are forgiven. We are empowered.
The Solemnity of Pentecost: Empowered by the Spirit

Jun 09, 2019

The people of Jesus, the people of God, have beenentrusted with the Spirit of the Living God to continue the work of the Savior. Ordinary human beings of every place and age, speak and do, and Jesus continues teaching and healing.
Seventh Sunday of Easter : Unity — an Option?

Jun 02, 2019

Christian unity in our own day will come only through mutual service and forgive- ness enlivened by that same Trinitarian prayer.
Sixth Sunday of Easter: Three Cultures

May 26, 2019

Today’s first reading presents the solution to the great internal struggle of the Primitive or Earliest Church. Externally, it was the question of whether or not gentile Christians had to practise Jewish customs.
Fifth Sunday of Easter: Behold, I make all things new

May 19, 2019

It was extraordinary. No one could have ever expected it to happen. People whom the Jewish people normally referred to as the dogs, the gentiles, were listening to the preaching of Jewish missionaries and were flocking to become members of the New Way, the Way of Jesus Christ.
Fourth Sunday of Easter: How to do your Laundry

May 12, 2019

We are all also aware of the thousands who are suffering in this present day because they are Christians. God’s love for them is strong. They may be assaulted, or even killed, but they will never die.
Third Sunday of Easter: A Tale of Two Fires

May 05, 2019

The night was cold. People sat around a fire the way people do when they are trying to warm up. They were real close to each other, jockeying for a place where they could feel the flames.
Second Sunday of Easter, Divine Mercy Sunday: Mercy for Doubters

Apr 28, 2019

“Bless me, Father, for I have sinned. Father, I have horrible doubts. Sometimes, I wonder if God exists. Sometimes, I think that He’s not concerned about me.
Easter Sunday: Vehicles of Divine Mercy

Apr 21, 2019

In our church, as well as in many churches, there is a Divine Mercy image. It is fitting to have a continual reminder of the Mercy of God.